419 scam: bineth dobiya <mirabeldobiya20@att.net> Hello Dear,

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: bineth dobiya <mirabeldobiya20@att.net>
Reply-To: dobiyab@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:52:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello Dear,

Hello Dear,

It is a pleasure to write this mail to you,to remind you that after gone
through your profile, i concluded that i must get back to you. Hope the
sun rise get's you well and you are enjoying the whether, mine weather
is cold and cloudy today, it was very great when i get your profile and I
felt a great spark in my heart despite that I have not seen you in
person but your profile really gave me a nice pleasure to communicate
with you and see what future will bring to our relationship. you can
reach me via my email address thus; for easiest communication and never
mind as you could not view my picture here but i will send them
immediately i hear from you.

Have a nice day with love & hugssssss

sincerely in love.

Bineth.

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